Coldsmith Named Assessing Officers President

Fairfax County Real Estate Division Director Named Virginia Association
of Assessing Officers President

Janet E. Coldsmith, director of the Real Estate Division of the Fairfax
County Department of Tax Administration, is the new president of the
Virginia Association of Assessing Officers. She was sworn in last month
at a ceremony in Virginia Beach.

Established in 1949, the Virginia Association of Assessing Officers is a
professional organization of assessors and appraisers from state and
local governments throughout the commonwealth. The organization’s mission
is to improve assessment standards, disseminate information on assessment
practices and provide continuing education to its members.

The objectives of the association are:

To improve the standards of assessment practices

Educate those engaged in assessment practices

Educate the general public in matters relating to assessment practices

Cooperate with other public and private agencies interested in
improving assessment administration

Promote the cause of justice and equity in the distribution of the
property tax burden

Coldsmith has a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of
Virginia and holds the appraisal designation of certified assessment
evaluator from the International Association of Assessing Officers. She
also is a graduate of the county’s leadership program. Her career has
been distinguished with service awards from both the Virginia Assessors’
Association and the IAAO.

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